Insects of the ESA and Surrounding Properties

Classification and Scientific Name			Ecological Niche
Order	Family	Genus species
Coleoptera	Cantharidae	Podabrus (?)	P
	Carabidae	Agonum cupripenne	P
		Amara obesa	P
		Bembidion versicolor	P
		Carabus nemoralis	P
		Carabus vinctus	P
		Pterostichus adoxus	P
		Scaphinotus nitidicollis	P
	Cerambycidae	Straphiona laeta	H(W in oaks)
	Chrysomelidae	Altica bimarginata	H
		Altica foliaceae	H
		Calligrapha multipunctata	H
	Coccinellidae	Anatis labiculata	P
		Anatis mali	P
		Coccinella septapunctata	P
		Cyloneda munda	P
		Psyllobora viginta-maculata	P
	Curculionidae	Sitophilus granarius	H(G)
		??	H(?)
	Dystiscidae	Agabus disintegratus	P(A)
	Elmidae	Stenelmis sp.
	Haliplidae	Haliplus immaculicollis	?(A)
	Heteroceridae	Dampfius collaris	M
		??	M
	Lathridiidae	Enicmus minutus	O
	Leptodiridae	Catoptrichus frankenhaeuser	F + P
	Lycidae	Calochramus (?)	H + P
	Silphidae	Nicrophorus marginatus	C
	Staphylinidae	Tachinus fumipennis	P
Lepidoptera	Arctiidae	Isia Isabella	L
	Geometridae	Nepytia semiclusaria	L
	Hesperiidae	Ochlodes sylvanoides	L
	Noctuidae	Catocola (spp?)	L
		Drasteria crassiuscula	L
	Nymphalidae	Vanessa atlanta	L
	Pieridae	Artogeia napi	L
		Pieris rapae	L
	Sphingidae	Calasymbolus excaecata	L
Orthoptera	Acrididae	Chorthippus curtopennis	H
		Dissosteria carolina	H
		Melanoplus bivattitus	H
		Melanoplus femur-rubrum	H
	Gryllidae	Leuthophilus maculatus	H
	Tetrigidae	Tetrix brunneri	H
	Tettigoniidae	Orchelimum gladiator	H
Dermaptera	Forficulidae	Forficula auricularia	O
Odonata	Aeshnidae	Aeshna palmata	P-E
		Anax junius	P-E
	Coenagrionidae	Enallegma carunculatum	P-E
		Ischnura cervula	P-E
		Ischnura perperva	P-E
	Libelluidae	Libellula forensis	P-E
		Libellula lydia	P-E
		Libellula quadrimaculata	P-E
		Sympetrum costiferom	P-E
Isoptera	Hodotermitidae	Zootermopsis angusticollis	H(D)
Diptera	Calliphoridae	Calliphora vomitoria	P(M) + C
		Cochliomyia hominivolax	P(M)
	Chironomidae	Paratendipes albimenus	O
		Tanytarsus spp.	Q
		?? x 30	O/Q (?)
	Conopidae	??	L
	Culicidae	Aedes hendersoni	P(M)
		Aedes sticticus	P(M)
	Dolichopodidae	?? x 2	P
	Muscidae	Musca domestica	U
		Muscina stabolans	P(M)
		Ophyra leucostoma	O/Q(?)
		Stomoxys calcitrans	P(M) + L
	Psychodidae	Telmatoscpus sp.
	Ptychopteridae	Bittacomorpha occidentalis	N-larvae Q
	Sarcophagidae	Helicobia rapax	C(?)
	Sciomyzidae	Sepedon armipos	O (?)
		Tetanocera (spp.?)	L/O (?)
	Simuliidae	?? (Subfamily Prosimuliinae)
	Syrphidae	Arctophila (spp.?)	L
		Eupeodes montivagus	L
		Metasyrphus americans	L
		Pasysyrphus venustus	L
		Platycheirus immarginatus	L
		Sphaerophoria sulphuripes	L
		Syrphus ribesii	L
	Tephritidae	Rhagoletis indifferens	R
	Tipulidae	Limnophila sp.
		Pedicia albivitta	N-larvae Q
		Tipula cunctans	N-larvae O
Hemiptera	Aphididae
		Aphis fabae	H
		Therioaphis maculata	H
		?? x 4	H
	Cicadellidae	Draecolacephala mollipes	H
		?? x 7	H
	Corixidae	Hesperocorixa laevigata	O(A)
		Sigara alternata
	Gerridae	Gerris remigis	P(A)
		Rheumatobates sp.	P(A)
	Miridae	Lygus lineolaris	H
		Pseudatomoscelis seriatus	H
		?? x 2	H
	Nabidae	Nabis alternedus	P
	Notonectidae	Notonecta insulata	P(A)
		Notonecta undulata
	Pentatomidae	Acrosternum hilare	H
		Cosmopepla bimaculata	H
		Holocostethus limbolarius	H (?)
	Pyrrhocoridae	Dysdercus (spp.?)	L
	Reduviidae	Apiomeris (spp.?)	P
Ephemeroptera	Ameletidae	Ameletus sp. x 2
	Baetidae	Procloeon sp.
		Apobaetis sp. x 2
	Ephemerellidae	Caudatella sp.
	Heptageniidae	Steracron interpunctatum
	Leptophlebiidae	Leptophlebia nebulosa	N-larvae O
	Polycentropodidae	Cyrnellus sp.
	Potmanthidae	??
	Siphlonuridae	Parameletus sp. x 2
Neuroptera	Hemerobiidae	Hemerobius pacificus	P
	Chrysopidae	??*	P
Hymenoptera	Andrenidae	Andrena (spp.?)	L
	Apidae	Apis mellifera	L
		Bombus pennsylvnicus	L
		Bombus terricola occidentalis	L
	Eurytomidae	Harmolita trichi	?-larvae H (G)
		??	?-larvae H/P
	Formicidae	Camponotus pennsylvanicus	O
		Lasius alienus	O
		??	O
	Halictidae	Halictus farinosis	L
		??	L
	Ichneumonidae	Coccygomimus pedalis	?-larvae Pa
		?? x 11	?-larvae Pa
	Sphecidae	Philanthus ventilabris	L-larvae P(Bees)
		Sceliphron caementarium	L-larvae P(Spiders)
		?? (Subfamily Nyssoninae)	L-larvae
	Tenthredinae	??	H
	Vespidae	Vespula arenaria	L
		Vespula maculata*	L + R + P
		Vespula maculifrons	L
		Vespula pensylvanica	L
		?? x 2	L (+ P) (?)
Trichoptera	Brachycentridae	Brachycentrus americanus
		Oligoplectrum sp.
	Glossomatidae	??
	Hydroptilidae	Hydroptila hamata
		Ostrotrichia sp.
	Limnephilidae	??
	Leptoceridae	??
	Lepidostomatidae	Lepidostomata sp.
		Nectopsyche sp.
Plecoptera	Capniidae	??
	Peltoperlidae	Paraperla sp.
Megaloptera	Sialidae	Sailis sp. x 2
		(* means the specimen was seen but not captured)
Key to Ecological Niche Abbreviations (Given for adult stage unless otherwise noted)
A		Aquatic
C		Carrion eater
D		Wood decomposer
F		Fungivore
G		Grain eater
H		Herbivore (on plant or plant juices)
L		Pollinator (eats pollen/nectar)
M		Mud-dweller
N		Adult does not eat
O		Omnivore
P		Predator (on terrestrial organisms unless otherwise noted)
P(E)		Aerial predator (eats flying insects)
P(M)		Predator on mammals (ectoparasite or flesh/blood-eater)
Pa		Parasitiod wasp
Q		Organic matter eater
R		Fruit eater
U		Manure eater
W		Wood borer

Ecological niche data taken from Bland and Jaques (1978), Arnett et al. (1980), Milne and Milne (1980), Daccordi et al. (1987), and Holland (1968) List by Mike Schulz and Darlene Kun